CHAT Values Video

The Center for Hmong Arts & Talent (CHAT) grew out of Pom Siab Hmoob Theatre (PSHT), the first Hmong theatre company in the world. In 1998, PSHT organizers decided to expand their focus beyond theater arts in order to serve more artists in the Hmong community.

PSHT changed its name to the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) and expanded its reach into multiple disciplines -making it the first Hmong arts organization in the United States.

Being one of the only national Hmong arts organizations, CHAT has the unique opportunity and responsibility of strengthening the Hmong community by connecting them to the engaging and empowering benefits of the arts. We value the arts as a source for individual empowerment and as a means for social change by communicating messages that affect the larger community as a whole.

CHAT exists to nurture, explore and illuminate the Hmong-American experience through artistic expression.

We envision a vibrant community where Hmong American Artists are inspired to share their perspectives, valued for their creative contributions, and empowered to challenge life's boundaries.

Learn it. Create it. Live it.
Art with a purpose.

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